About this episode
The episode discusses the evolution of personal beliefs over time and the implications of preserving or renouncing past thoughts.
We begin with a few recommendations on books and resources to use in understanding Dante's "Divine Comedy." Then we switch gears, and get into the meat of the podcast. It seems we become substantially different people every seven to ten years, more or less. We may feel self-conscious or uncomfortable about the things we said, wrote, or believed when we were younger. Is it normal to feel this way? And is it better to preserve a record of one's thought, or to renounce beliefs one no longer holds? We discuss.
People in this episode
Host: Quintus Curtius
Topics covered
- self-reflection
- personal growth
- beliefs
- identity
- literature
- Dante
Keywords
- Dante
- Divine Comedy
- self-consciousness
- personal change
- beliefs
- identity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
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